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China’s Spacecraft Marking The Historic Landing With Mars Rover Zhurong

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  China marked its first martian mission on the red planet. The touchdown of China’s spacecraft over Mars has been confirmed, which makes it the third mission of successful human history to safely land in the first attempt. The spacecraft called Tianwen-1 was orbiting around Mars since February and launched a secured capsule to the surface of Mars, marking the Friday afternoon as its day of triumph. The capsule contained Zhurong rover, which was buckled up at the back of the landing machine to deploy the rover.  Given the information about how the rover landed without any issues, China will surely accomplish the victory as the second nation to travel across the surface of Mars following the U.S.  While completing the mission, it is possible that there was certain happiness and celebration, as it is not a shot of a ‘cup of tea’ landing on the surface of a red planet. We have only seen these concepts in movies about the heroic landing and colonization of the human race and ...